Saw-gage.



J. J. PIPPEN.

SAW GAGE. APPLICATION F ILED OUT. 5, 1910.

11v VENTOR A ltornev JOHN J. PIPIEN, 0F MGLAURIN, MISSISSIPPI.

SAV-GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 12, 1911,'

Application filed October 5, 1910. Serial No. 585,407..

To all whoinitmay concern: 4

Be it known that 1, JOHN J. PIPPEN, a

citizen of the United States, residingat McLaurin, in the county of Forest and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Saw-Gage, of which the following is a s 'ecification.

This invention has reference to improvements in saw gages, especially for crosscutsaws, and its object is to provide a gage with means for jointing saw teeth. and with means for governing the length-of drag teeth.

In accordance withthe present invention; there IS provided a suitable frame oflight.

but strong construction with means for holding a file in proper position for jointing the saw teeth and at the other edge of the frame from that at which the file holdin devices are located, and on the other side or the frame, there is provided a stop adapted to engage the cutting teeth, while there is provided an adjustable depth device through which the drag teeth may pass, and by which the length of the drag teeth may be determined by means of the file.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection. with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, with the understanding, however, thatthe invention is not liinited to the exact construction shown, but that such construction may be varied within the scope of the appended claims. r

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the saw gage with the file omitted. Fig, 2 is an elevation of the saw gage from the side remote from that viewed in Fig. 1 and showing a saw in dotted. lines. Fig. 3 is an end vixw of the saw gage. Fig. i is a. section. on the line 4-4 of Fig. showing a file in place.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a frame 1 of general rectangular shape,

having there through an opening 2, and formed on one face of the frame 1. about the opening 2 is shape.

Offset from one edge of the frame 1, about midway of its length is a bracket l, having one end 5 returned on the ,body of the bracket in overhanging relation thereto. At one end of the same edge of the body portion and offset from the same face'is another bracket 6, having a. plane face-and at the end flange 3 also of rectangulan provided with a perforation tapped for the -ecept1on of a thumb screw 7 Oflset from the same face' and edge of the body portion,'

but atthe end remote from thebracketfl is a stud 8. The like faces of the brackets 4: and 6 and the stud 8 are all in theisame plane. Formed on the same face'of the body portion as the bracket 4:, and extending from the flange 3' to a point adjacent to the bracket 1 is a boss 9, with the end toward the bracket at spaced therefrom.

Formed on the edge of the frame 1 remote from the brackets & and 6- and stud 8 and projecting from the other face of the 11, is another flange 12, nearer the opening 2 than arethe flanges 10 and 11, and. 'of a length approximately that of the spact between'the facing ends of the flanges 10 and 11. This flange 12 is provided with a central passage 13 of a length and widthto receive a drag tooth of the saw,- the latter be ing indicated in dotted lines at 14: in Fig. 2. The flange 12 receives a plate 15 of like size andshape to the flange, except that it may be as wide as the width of the flange and the thicknessof the adjacent portion of the body 1, where the flange and body portion merge one into the other. The plate 15 has a central passage 16 matching the passage 13 of the flange 12. The plate 15 is held to the flange'12 by screws 17 on opposite sides of the matching passages 13 and 16, these screws entering tapped holes in the plate 15. In order to regulate the distance of the outer ftice of the plate 15 with reference to the under surfaces of the flanges 10 and 11, one or more shims 18 may be introduced between the plate 15 and the flange 12, these shims being made of paper, or metal, or wood, or

any other suitable material.

The brackets 4 and 6 and the stud 8 are designed to receive a file 19 which may be clamped in place by the thumb screw and the several parts holding the file are so proportioned that when thefile is clamped in place. its active surface is at right argles to the plane of the outer edges of the framelike flange 3.

the entire device and permits of body 1 being made quite thin, While the weight of the The flange 3 serves-togreat-ly strengthen device'is much lessened by the omission of material in the formation of the opening 2 without any sacrifice of needed strength. With the file 19 in lace, the 'saw teeth are 5 readily jointed in t e usual manna-r, the blade of thesaw being guided bythe flange .5, while the teeth are moved into engage- Inent with the file 19. 5 3 The plate is secured to theflange 12 by 10 the screws'17 with an a propriate number of shims interposed to ringv the exposed face-of the p1ate'15 at the desired distance from the plane of the faces of the flanges 10 and 11 tobe engaged'by the. cutting teeth of the saw, while a drag tooth will then en- ''ter the openings 13 and 16,-and by the application of a file to the exposed face of the ,plate15, these teeth may be properly gaged. :The'actionof asaw'is'due to the relation of the teeth one to another with respect to their lengths rather than to having them all of the same size. Furthermore, in practice a gage must be so constructed that it will hold its adjustment under all circumstances, Qijno matter how roughly used the gage may be, and whichwill not ,i 'ment should. the gage be subjected to shocks and jars such as; might occur should the efall." H h llgvhatis claimed is j li fAsaw gage comprising a frame of flat lform having ,pn one side an outstanding ange of generally rectangular shape, the frame having-lat one edge outstanding from same face as the flange spac'edfile sup- ,ports, there bein two file supports each at res ective en ofv the frame, and one of said; ;;end su ports carrying a clamp -,there ing an intermediate file get out of adjust support having a return portion at the outer spaced file supports, one 0 which constitutes an intermediate support and is provided with a return portion in position to engage and grip a file, and another of which is an end support and is provided with a clamp screw coacting with the other supports to secure the file in place.

3. A saw gage havin a body member with a flange outstanding rom one face, an intermediately located bracket outstanding from the same face of the body member as the flange and located near one edge of the body member, said bracket having the outer end returned toward the body member in spaced relation to the main portion of the bracket, another bracket outstanding from the same face and edge of the body member 'as the first named bracket and located near one end of the body member, said last named'bracket carrying a, clamp screw, a stud outstanding from the same edge and face of the body member as the two brackets and located at the end of the body member remote from the second named bracket, and a boss on the body member in spaced relation to the first named bracket and coacting 'with the return portion of the first name bracket to engage a file.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as m own, I have hereto aflixed' my signature in the presence of two witnesses. JOHN J. PIPPEN.

Q Witnesses:

S. E. DUNLOP, M. Gums. 

